Clyde Hurley

Clyde Lanham Hurley junior (* 3. September 1916 in Fort Worth , † 14. August 1963 ) was an American jazz trumpeter of Swing . He is best known for his trumpet solo in In the Mood by Glenn Miller .

Hurley's mother was a professional pianist and singer, taking music and piano lessons from. He taught himself to play the trumpet from Louis Armstrong recordings. From 1932 to 1936 he played in the Big Band of the University of Texas (Texas Christian University in Fort Worth), where he studied, and from 1937 a year in the orchestra of Ben Pollack , which he joined when they toured in Texas. He was then a studio musician in Hollywood, played with Paul Whiteman and from 1939 to 1940 with Glenn Miller , where he was featured as a trumpet soloist (e.g. on In the Mood , Tuxedo Junction , Stardust , Glen Island Special , Rug Cutter's swing ). He also played in Glenn Miller's Carnegie Hall concert ( One O'Clock Jump ). Eventually he left the Miller Band because of musical differences. In 1940/41 he was a member of the Tommy Dorsey big band and in 1941 with Artie Shaw .

He then worked as a freelance studio musician in Hollywood. From 1944 to 1949 he was employed by MGM and from 1950 to 1955 for NBC . Then he was back to freelance. He has also appeared in films such as The Five Pennies (1959) and The Gene Krupa Story (1959). He also worked in Dixieland groups such as Matty Matlock's (Rampart Street Paraders), with whom he also recorded. He also recorded with Paul Weston (Solo Flight) and in 1954 with Ralph Sutton and Edmond Hall at Club Hangover in San Francisco.

Under his own name he recorded for Keynote Records in 1946 and for Crown in 1950.

literature

Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
John Chilton : Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street , London: Bloomsbury Book Shop, 1970, Da Capo 1985

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Life data according to Dave Oliphant, article Hurley in Handbook of Texas Online. Sometimes August 15 is also given as the date of death.
↑ He came on the recommendation of Tex Beneke , whom he knew from Fort Worth

personal data
SURNAME	Hurley, Clyde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hurley, Clyde L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American swing jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 3, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fort Worth
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1963
Place of death	Fort Worth

[1] Life data according to Dave Oliphant, article Hurley in Handbook of Texas Online. Sometimes August 15 is also given as the date of death.

[2] He came on the recommendation of Tex Beneke , whom he knew from Fort Worth